The design and synthesis of new organic lgands is important to the rapid development of coordination polymers (CPs). However, CPs based on asymmetric ligands are still rare, mainly because such ligands are usually expensive and more difficult to synthesize. The new asymmetric ligand 4-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)phenyl]pyridine (IPP) has been used to construct the title one-dimensional coordination polymer,catena-poly[[[aqua{4-[4-(1H-imidazol-1-yl-κN3)phenyl]pyridine}cadmium(II)]-μ-5-hydroxybenzene-1,3-dicarboxylato-κ3O1,O1′:O3] monohydrate], {[Cd(C8H4O5)(C14H11N3)2(H2O)]·H2O}n, under hydrothermal reaction of IPP with CdIIin the presence of 5-hydroxyisophthalic acid (5-OH-H2bdc). The CdIIcation is coordinated by two N atoms from two distinct IPP ligands, three carboxylate O atoms from two different 5-OH-bdc2−dianionic ligands and one water O atom in a distorted octahedral geometry. The cationic [Cd(IPP)2]2+nodes are linked by 5-OH-bdc2−ligands to generate a one-dimensional chain. These chains are extended into a two-dimensional layer structureviaO—H...O and O—H...N hydrogen bonds and π–π interactions.
